Central McLean News-Journal - News
New teacher, new computers on tap for new school year
Three days into the new school year, Elementary Principal Barb Robinson was still paging through papers, finding information for people – class lists, correct spellings of names.
Enrollment trending upward
Numbers count – that seems especially true each fall when area school districts tally the number of students enrolled in their schools.
Agencies make plans for potential big spill
A fresh water tank near an oil drilling rig less than one mile from Lake Sakakawea ruptured in mid-June, spewing 374,000 gallons of water into and near Lake Sakakawea.
Gas line question headed to PSC
The Underwood City Commission Monday night approved an agreement with Montana-Dakota Utilities to provide service...
School starts Wednesday; new teachers on board
The new bulletin boards are going up, the lesson plans are being made, and the new pencils and tablets (the kind you write in and the kind you do research on) are being purchased as teachers and students prepare to return to school next Wednesday.
Food Bank making Underwood drop
A semi load of perishable food items will roll into Underwood from 4 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 22 next to the Underwood City Hall.
Vision West committee looks to move forward
Oil development in North Dakota has added pressure on at least some parts of McLean County.
City to enforce ‘no call-no digging’
Underwood’s city commission made quick work of a short list of items on Monday night’s agenda...
The versatile mule makes a comeback
Ever so silently, in the hills east of the Missouri River, a husband and wife are slowly bringing back an animal that at one time helped tame the wild west.
Coal ash one step closer to state control
A product holding together a great deal of our community infrastructure has been balancing between a helpful by-product and hazardous waste since about 2010.
